What am I missing? I didn't want to out this in the regular STTNG thread, but I just recently picked one up after on again, off again looking for one for ages. It had never really grabbed me before, but so many people who I really trust their opinions have told me it is one of the greatest games ever.

I started it up tonight, ready to figure it out and... I feel like I'm missing something, which has been what I've felt about it in the past. Is everything basically a mode?

I love the theme and I love the look of it, but... What am I missing? I really want to give this one a fair shake... STTNG lovers... Help?

I've had do many good friends whose tastes usually align with mine tell me about how awesome it is, and I do love the theme. I never get enough time to just sit and play it. I figured I could get one, play it for a while, and if it really isn't for me, move it along.

I just needed a jump start on exactly what I'm doing, which this thread did. I'll play it some more and see what happens

Yeah, I'm discovering that already. Mine, which was working last weekend when I picked it up, seems to have lost track of how many balls are in it and doesn't want to move the right cannon... I just want to play it some more until I understand how much I like it, and then I'll be happy to tweak it...

Having said that, I did play a couple games before it lost the balls this morning, and I definitely enjoyed it more already thanks to some of the tips, so... Thanks!

Oh, I'm not. I have enough other stuff that I do like, I just wanted to see what the big deal was here, and I never get it in others collections. I also really enjoy the theme, and I have always enjoyed shooting it.

Oddly, my machine decided it wants more attention and has diverted all balls away from the cannons, and the sound just decided to go out. Obviously, I need to open it up to look more carefully, but in playing it in a gimp edition way, I am finding it a lot easier to understand.

At some point, I'm going to fix it up really nicely, and then I'll decide what happens. In a gimped form though, it's pretty sweet.

I do appreciate how many difficult long shots the game has.

I'm not new to this by any means. I've been hearing that I should get a STTNG since about 2001. And actually, unlike TZ and TSPP, which I can pinpoint on both of those exactly what I don't like about them, I have never been able to pinpoint not liking STTNG. I just have never been able to pinpoint what is so great about it either, thus a big part of why it appeared in my basement. I have bought games to spend a lot of time with them to figure out, so this isn't my first time trying that, but usually I start to get it much faster.

Having said that, again, this thread has been quite helpful to me already, so I think I understand it better. I now need to repair a few things on it, because STTNG, and then give it a bit more time. If I don't love it, that's fine - I can't fit everything in my basement anyway.

You know, and I never thought about this until you mentioned it, but perhaps this is a contributing factor. I tend to dislike any games with video modes, and I'm both particularly bad at the STTNG video mode, and I know it is worth TONS of points. Disabling it or making it worth FAR less would probably increase my enjoyment of the game significantly, just like making the video mode in Tommy disappear made that game SO much better